Yes! Scrum did wonders beyond IT Padma Satyamurthy www.mepasinnovation.com
Methodologies and techniques Agile - Scrum, Kanban, Lean, FDD, TDD, Scaled Agile Framework Domains Padma Satyamurthy is an enthusiastic IT professional, aspiring to create & implement meaningful process management frameworks which can enable project delivery excellence. She has 14+ years of experience in the IT Industry with expertise in Consulting, Project Management, People Management, Coaching, Mentoring & Training and Solution Design. This experience is coupled with strong leadership, communication, analytical, problem solving, and customer service skills. Padma has worked in various domains like BFSI, Engineering, Aerospace, Healthcare, Retail and E- commerce Retail, BFSI, Telecom, Healthcare Core Competency Enterprise Agile Transformation; Executive coaching; Scaling agile Certifications Certified Scrum Master, SAFe Agilist, SAFe Program Consultant Agile Tools Rally, TFS, Jira, Bamboo Training Competency Leading SAFe, Agile, Scrum (trained over 600+ project managers, architects, developers and testers among others; training customized to suit senior management and leadership teams)
Content HR Finance Business (Sales & Marketing) IT Operations
At OpenView, we ve found that Scrum can double the production of anything it doesn t matter whether it s sales, marketing, software, finance. It works everywhere.
Why Scrum for non IT teams
The relay race approach to product development may conflict with the goals of maximum speed and flexibility. Instead a holistic or rugby approach where a team tries to go the distance as a unit, passing the ball back and forth may better serve today s competitive requirements. Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka, The New New Product Development Game, Harvard Business Review, January 1986.
Human Resources
Human Resource Management Function designed to Talent Acquisition Learning and Development
Team Board (Talent Acquisition) Daily Stand up Weekly update to BUs Weekly Retrospective
Team Board (L&D) 3/11/2016 Alternate day Stand up Bi-Weekly update to BUs Bi-Weekly Retrospective
Final Results Talent Acquisition efficiency increased by 30 40% Joining formalities made hassle free for new employees Losing good candidates due to lag in recruitment process decreased significantly Learning & Development under one umbrella Easy identification of trainers and trainees Easier to measure effectiveness of training and outcome Right training for right team member based on career interests
Finance Agile for Finance
Capitalization and Operational Expenditure Assets (plant, property, equipment) Extrinsic Value Pushes out expenses incurred today to subsequent years (e.g. Licensing cost) Cost of running day-today operations (resources, license renewal costs) Intrinsic value One-time expense that can be measured in a time frame
Capitalization in waterfall OpEx CapEx OpEx
Capitalization in waterfall Prioritization OpEx Spikes Feature Implementation CapEx Feature Maintenance CapEx (with small negotiable OpEx cost
Funding Waterfall Agile Cost Center A Project A Epic / Feature A Cost Center B Project B Product Prioritized Funding Epic / Feature B Cost Center C Project C Epic / Feature C
Sample Board Once a week stand up Monthly update to BUs Monthly retrospectives
Clear identification of priority funding Dates and Resources are fixed and hence easy to track Exact information on which teams did the work Day-by-day task burndown (from the team boards) Stories, Features and Epics easily traceable through tools Reduces waste by reducing non-value added activities impacting positively on the P&L OpEx CapEx
Business Agile for Business Sales & Marketing
Why Scrum for Sales &Marketing Fast Focused Predictable 2-4 wk sprints Adapt to market changes Fail first fail fast Clear user stories Prioritized Transparency Metrics Identify risks and impediments thru standups Remove impediments
Applying agile values and principles Responding to change over following a plan This doesn t mean that marketing and sales team don t have any plans however the teams respond to changes in the marketplace and makes constant adjustments the plan and reprioritize on a weekly or bi-weekly basis as needed rather than following quarterly or semi-annual plans Small iterations over big bang campaigns Many a times, the marketing teams may not get their campaigns right for the first time. Agile marketing done in iterations helps teams to try things quickly and fine-tune as they move forward. Collaboration for increased customer satisfaction Since iterations are small and frequent, the teams get to have more customer collaboration and better understanding of the requirements Improved Internal Communication and alignment SAFe expects business teams to participate actively in Release Planning events and also be part of the System Demos to provide frequent feedback. Also, business teams provide business value to the Team Program Increment Objectives which improves the alignment between development and business teams
Examples for mapping agile terminology Backlog Story Task Impediment Release What deals do we need to close for the quarter What deals need to be developed in the coming quarter/s High level goals that needs to be completed to close the goal List of activities to achieve the story Issues that will blocks achieving the target Final numbers delivered to the business (target achieved)
Sample Board Alternate day stand up Bi-weekly update to BUs Bi-weekly retrospectives
Results on the way Transparency around customer details All customer details including geographic details available in one snapshot Multiple enquiries with same customers are certainly avoided Better tie back with development team and to the filed Involved in release plans and better visibility around milestones
IT Operations
Scrum for IT Operations IT Operations teams work on SLAs and time is a key factor in their day-to-day activity There are few key questions IT Ops teams have to answer How much time is spent on what type of work How to categorize our work for easy prioritization Where do jobs come from (proactive or reactive) How to share knowledge within the team How to lower the context switching that is common in IT Ops team
Keep it simple 3 5 columns to track the work (To do; WIP and Done are basics) Minimal sizing and estimation for the stories Use visuals for effectiveness Take time for innovations
Sample board for IT Operations team Daily Stand up Work on priority Bi-Weekly Retrospective